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HC orders deletion of morphed content of Shilpa Shetty from social media platforms

India, Dec. 27 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday directed multiple social media platforms to take down content allegedly carrying morphed images and videos of actor Shilpa Shetty, holding that such c... Read More


2025 was the year we stopped trusting our eyes and ears

New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- One sunny day, there I was, being lowered into the deep blue sea in a cage, to look some sharks in the eye. Just as in the movie, Jaws, which I remember watching with my eyes clo... Read More


The week in charts: India-New Zealand FTA, railway budget plan, Johnson & Johnson penalty

New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- From India and New Zealand wrapping up trade talks in record time to the Centre planning a higher outlay on rail safety, a drop in overseas education remittances, shifts in the r... Read More


Best of the Week: What 2026 is gently telling us

New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- Best of the Week is a weekly newsletter by Siddharth Sharma/Shravani Sinha. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your inbox. The year always seems to slow dow... Read More


The week in charts: India-New Zealand FTA, railway budget plan, Johnson & Johnson penalty

New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- From India and New Zealand wrapping up trade talks in record time to the Centre planning a higher outlay on rail safety, a drop in overseas education remittances, shifts in the r... Read More


BMC's duplicate voters scaled down to 15%

India, Dec. 27 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has reduced the number of duplicate voters from over 1.1 million to 168,350, significantly bringing them down to about 15%. The sharp de... Read More


Woman held for killing 6-year-old daughter over desire for son

India, Dec. 27 -- Three days after a six-year-old girl was found dead at her residence in Kalamboli on Tuesday, the police's investigation revealed that the child's mother had suffocated her to death.... Read More


Who was Jason Kenney? Florida man murders wife, shoots stepdaughter before killing himself over Monday Night Football

India, Dec. 27 -- A drunken Florida man brutally murdered his wife and shot his 13-year-old stepdaughter in the face before killing himself following an argument over him wanting to watch Monday Night... Read More


The under-16 social media ban isn't the hard part, making it work is - Galvin Lee

Kuala Lampur, Dec. 27 -- Malaysia's proposal to prohibit under-16s from creating social media accounts by 2026 is a headline that instantly comforts parents: at last, action is being taken. The intent... Read More


Parbhani custodial death: Mother moves HC over state's failure to frame binding rules

India, Dec. 27 -- The mother of Somnath Suryawanshi, a Dalit law student whose death in judicial custody in Parbhani in December 2024 triggered widespread outrage, has moved the Aurangabad bench of th... Read More